Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis
There's a buzz in the Beehive State as the PGA Tour returns to Utah for the first time in 61 years with the Black Desert Championship
By DOUG FERGUSON
Published - Oct 08, 2024, 10:50 AM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 06:32 PM EST
The late Tom Weiskopf was never one to mince words inside the ropes and in the broadcast booth, or even when he was surveying land for a new golf course.
This was no ordinary land in the southwest corner of Utah — a 600-acre field of black lava amid red rock mountains about 30 miles from Zion National Park.
“We were walking the course and he picked up a rock and he handed it to me,” said Patrick Manning, the managing partner of Black Desert Resort. "He said, ‘Hey, Patrick, what’s this?' I said, ‘It’s a rock.' He said, ‘You’re correct, this is a rock.'
“But then he puts his arms out and he said, ‘This is a desert.’ And it became Black Desert at that point.”
